Cashman Field is a mixed-use stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Its primary use is for baseball and soccer as the home field of the Las Vegas 51s Triple-A minor league baseball team, an affiliate of the New York Mets and the Las Vegas Lights FC. The field is adjacent to Cashman Center, an exhibit hall and theater, operated by the City of Las Vegas,. The complex was named for James "Big Jim" Cashman and his family, who have been Las Vegas entrepreneurs for several generations. Cashman Field was featured as a landmark in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in the city of "Las Venturas".HistoryCashman Field opened in 1983, which makes it the second-oldest stadium in the Pacific Coast League and the third-oldest stadium in Triple-A baseball, and has a maximum seating capacity of 9,334 for baseball. The facility saw its first professional baseball game on April 1, 1983, when the San Diego Padres faced the Seattle Mariners in front of 13,878 fans. The Cashman Field attendance record of 15,025 was set on April 3, 1993, for an exhibition game between the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs.
